Gamer Apathy/ Exhaustion

Hey everybody- let's rant about vidya! Wheeeee!

So, 2016 was an interesting time to be a gamer, as it had become pretty apparent that the crowds were growing tired of the market. Don't get me wrong, they still pulled in mega bucks, but it wasn't as sizable as years past. Big-name sequels didn't sell as much as was to be expected, and generally everything felt deflated.

Zooming onto myself, I have found myself growing increasingly apathetic towards the majority of the market. Whereas this time last year and the year prior, I was happily pre-ordering games just for the satisfaction of getting them on release day, something has changed. Going into 2017, instead of looking towards a new year of new games, I feel like I'm going to just pick up 1 or 2 games this entire year, and then wait until the big holiday sales at the tail end of the year.

I'll probably rant more on this later, but are you feeling the same type of burnout? If so, what are the main factors for you: cost of gaming? Quality of gaming? Lack of innovation? Lack of appealing to your tastes? Shitty developers being shitty?

Expound to us your reasons and stories. Because you know you wanna.

 

well, Nintendo switch was a bit of a disappointment but we'll always have indie devs creating gems. Overall, I keep my gaming to steam now, just because it feels way more trustworthy then AAA developers.

 

If I go in expecting everything to be shit, I'll either always be right or pleasantly surprised.

 

Looking back through the years of playing video games, I think it's more of a personal burnout tbh. To me anyway. Like I feel I've played EVERYTHING and innovation feels rare or forced. A kid playing games for the first time though I think has so much to choose from and wouldn't get as apathetic to the new stuff as an old time gamer would.

 

Just go back and play Doom again. You'll remember.

 

I always liked the original Quake growing up. Not enough games use lovecraft-ian horror in action settings- especially FPSs.

Speaking of though, if Bloodborne gets a sequel this year this'll be a great year for gaming.

 

Imma buy South Park Fbw but not much else but dlc for things I already own.

 

I've got decades worth of used games to keep my mind off new releases.

 

I'm looking forward to getting some of the Fire Emblem games coming out later this year. I already preordered Shadows of Valentia.

 

Last year was really good for me, since I mainly play weeb shit, and a lot shit i was eyeing came out this year. This year's looking like a pretty good year too, in that respect.